eDuard Helmbold

RAKA – 2017

RAKA is a series of sculptures inspired by a post-Colonial reading of N.P van Wyk Louw’s poem-epic “Raka” (1959). Each sculpture has in turn become the starting point of the various active projects in my practice.

A sculpture by eDuard Helmbold inspired by the Afrikaans poem Raka
i. Die Koms van Raka (An Acknowledgement of Country)
Image Credit: Grant Hancock
A copper sculpture by eDuard Helmbold inspired by the Afrikaans poem Raka.
ii. Die Spore van Raka (Echoes of an Ancient Sorrow)
Image Credit: Grant Hancock
A contemporary sculpture by eDuard Helmbold inspired by N P van Wyk Louw - Raka
IV.ii. Die Stryd (The-Other vs. An-Other)
Image Credit: Grant Hancock
A sculpture by eDuard Helmbold inspired by the Afrikaans poem Raka
IV.i. Die Sterflied (An Exstremistic Funeral Oration)
Image Credit: Grant Hancock